Continuous milling



Aug. 24, 1943. F KQCH- CONTINUOUS MILLING 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed July 27, 1940 Frederick Edah 1.\'\/ENTOR.

Aug. 24, 1943. F. KOCH I CONTINUOUS MILLING Filed July 27, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 redezjcklode,

WVENTOR.

V`gifissivlel-y at slightly increased :linear speed-thus generaluse. L yThe basestucture is ofspecial design, .mvolv-f n gether at 378, andall` are driven 'from a longighnftsso. Y f

v desear a 'menfigraundetoiessdiam .A A atV the other ,Y and anVl ChaI1Sm. The lQWeI' feed IOHS are at one side and consequently tapered crossasreck.' shown in Fig. 3 as carried byshafts 3E]a journalled ,l tionis indicated in Fig. 6. i in fixed hearings in the box frames-and the upper The anvil I7, is shown seated in a bloqkjg,` l r vrolls are shown as carried by shafts 3|, jour- Y curved at the back or. bottom on -a radius 10; l. Vnailed in blocks 32, vertically shiftable in guides 5 drawn from a center 7|,V at the middle of theoutf: 33, and engaged by' the thrust` pins 34;slidingly ter and substantially one-half the Vstoltzk'thicki fi.

,f guided in the top of the. frames and acted on by ness above the anvil. Y The base 12, of :the anvllrj Y` pressure bars A35, engaged by arched springs 35, unithasa correspondingly;curvedseat 1.3, randlfa l Confinsdsbmlaeasipriine aedieuidipgnbczltsrlafmefaneularlnr roqkiirginaiuistialits accom'-V The'unigeryngdfgonemoil shaftsarageaned to- 10..in1isheufby:means 'of anmewsmengeged ina m11 Y v `15, rockingly held inI a groove 16, in thebottomo tudinally extending shaft 39, carrying Wormslr, ..ljllthe anvil pillow block 69.:` The` .screw 'Nfis'rex in mesh with Wormgears 4ly on theljverlrpllT wgenleqll@out-throughthefront of th'eunit :sindy D*provided Wit j a suitable adjusting knob or'han ifigef-Q 15 dl-ul'. ff l: Y l "Y, -v Y 73.1,* fected inthe illustrationfingmanmnton alegan? ,'lfemeonvenene of manufacture;theroking` f nected by reductiongearing 43, with a cross iffsbase-'ofithesanvllimay be made in'two partsa's indigatedmthelonrer or bottom partfhaving-th'j .operation of ne m11 driving-renat?.

Worm gear'll-on shaft 39. Y .Y arcuate*lb'earin'gsurface and `the'upper tietaeh-v I d To permit hand turning' of shaft 39, anldpheme'zomblenpart 18, having' transverse nests or rseats uousnpressureafwashinlgfef theoutt'e VanvLlkeepszthe strip and anvil clean amenant farsa alette abo. A I

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While shown operating to cutqa groove in fiat strip stock-it will be realizedgthat with different cutters, guides, Vanvils and feed rolls, allV kinds of continuous milling can lee/performed on all guides for the stock at opposite sides of said anvil, an anvil block having seats receiving and different kinds of stock. For convenience, thisV may be referred to generally as strip stock, it being understood'that this term is used to comprehend such stock materials as might ordinarily Vbe termed wire, rod andthe like.-

The succession of feed rolls and the independent adjustment of pressure at each pair of feed rolls enables tensioning of the stock Vto the extent necessary for` the particular operations under way.. A `certain amount of slippage necessarily results from `the progressivelygreater, feeding speeds of the different sets of rolls, but by proper adjustment of pressure at the. different pairs of confining said anvil and said holddown guides at the opposite sides of said anvil and means for adjustably mounting said anvil and holddown guide supporting blockvin respect to said cutter to rock transversely of the stock feed about an axis in the locality of the cutting edge Vof said cutter.

3. A continuous milling machine, comprising spacedpairs of strip tensioning and feeding rolls, a cutter disposed between said pairs of rolls, 'an anvil between said pairs of rolls in opposition to said cutter and having a rounded bearing surface for deflecting the stock out of the line of Y:feed toward said cutter and means for rocking 'said anvil into different angular relations in respect to said cutter about an axis in the locality of the cutting edge of said cutter and longiturolls, such slippageV maybe distributed and made more or less uniform with resultingsmootheasy and at the same time, rapid action.V The enclosure or partial enclosure of the main drive shaft and the spiral oriworm gear drive to theY feed rolls assures constant ample lubrication of4 v such parts.- s

What is claimed is:` j 1. A-continuous'milling machine, comprising rolls operating at progressively greater linear speeds for tensioning stock fed thereby and a milling cutter disposed between successive cooperating feed rolls andpositioned'tooperate on the stock tensioned and fed thereby, an anvil opposed to said cutter and disposed-to*deflectVV in combination, a succession ofcooperating ,feed` dinal 0f the direction of feed.

v4. A continuous milling machine; comprising spaced pairs of ,strip tensioning and feeding rolls,` a cutter disposed between saidpairs of rolls, an anvil between saidrpairs of rolls in opposition tosai'dcutter'and having a rounded bearing surface for defiecting the stock out of the line of feed toward said cutter, means for rocking said anvil into diiferent angular relations in respect to said cutter about an axis inthe locality of support for said anvil, anarcuate bearing for VVsaid support and screw means for lockingsaid Y the tensioned stock toward saidcutterland Vmeans .i

for angularly setting said anvil about' lan `axis located in the region of said cutter and longitudinal of the direction of feed to incline the tensioned stock in respect to said cutter..

2. A continuous Amilling machine, comprising in combination, a succession ofY cooperating feed rollsoperating `at progressivelyA greater flinearf speeds for tensioning stock fedthereby and a; milling cutter disposed betweenA successiveV co.

operating feed rolls and positionedgto operate on the stock tensioned and fed therebman'anvilA the cutting edge of said cutter and longitudinal` of the direction ofv feed Yand including an arcuate' support n said bearing.

5. A continuous milling machine, comprising a frame, longitudinally spaced pairs' of strip tensioning and feeding rolls journalled in said frame, a cutter disposed between successive pairs of said rolls in position to operate on` strip stock advanced by the rolls, a transversely extending support on said frame between successive pairs of said strip tensioning and feeding rolls, a transrr,versely adjustable endwise removable member slidingly guidedvonsaid support, said member having astock receiving and confining groove extending across the same to register the stock with said cutter and screw means for adjustably y and removably securing said grooved member in opposed to said cutter and disposed to deflect-the tensioned stock toward said; cutter, holddown' position. Y

FREDERICK' KOCH. 

